Means for marketing goods



Aug. 25,1953 K. .c. PURDY 2,649,930

MEANS FOR MARKETING GOODS Filed July 2. 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. KENNETH 0. PURDY AGENT Aug. 25, 953 K. c. PURDY 1 64 3 MEANS FORMARKETING GOODS Filed July '2, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n F r k QZ INVEN TOR. KENNETH 0. PURDY AGENT Patented Aug. 25;, 1953 ff UNITED STATES r NTe OFFICE MEANS FOR MAR ETING Goons Kenneth C. Purdyqvista, Calif. Application July 2, 194 8,Serial No. 36,583

: lVI y invention relates to a means for marketing gocds, more particularly for use in mechanically delivering goods to the occupants of motor vehicles in a parking lot adjacent a retail place of business, and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a means of this class in which a mechanical conveyor motivates a hooded tray into adjacent relationship with an automobile, whereby the occupants of the vehicle may extend the hooded tray laterally of the track into contig uous relationship with the side of the vehicle and thereinto, for unloading the tray in a convenient manner;

Second, to provide a means of this class which fully protects articles purchased during transit from the service counter of the retail business a' traveling hooded tray which is enclosed on the 5 Claims. (01; 1861) top and three sides by permanent structure, and

enclosed on the remaining side by a retractible curtain, which may be released and moved out of interference with the articles within the hooded tray after the tray has been moved laterally of the track on which it travels and into contiguous relationship with the window frame of a conventional motor vehicle; r Fifth, to provide a means of this class in which atraveling hooded tray is movable laterally into contiguous relationship with a motor vehicle, and provided with an additional sliding tray exten- -sion which actually delivers articles to the interior of the automobile or other motor vehicle for ultimate convenience in removing the articles from the hooded tray;

Sixth, to provide a means of this class having a hooded tray movable longitudinally of an eX- tended track, which is angularly adjustable to the axis of the track, so that it may be laterally extended into contiguous relation with the side of .an automobile body which is disposed at an acute angleto the axis of the track on which the hooded tray travels; V I p V S h; iirevideaimea s Qfth cl s wh ch 2 greatly facilitates theserving of patrons and saves considerable time and labor; and

Eighth, to provide a means for marketing goods of this class which is very simple and economical of construction, efficient in operation, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter set forth in detail and particularly .set'forth in the appended claims, reference being ;had to the accompanying drawings and to the j characters of reference thereon forming a part of this application, in which: i v Fig. l is a fragmentary top or plan view of my means for marketing goods Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view taken from the line 22 of Fig. l, showing the ordering microphoneof said means; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of one of the tracks and hooded trays of my means for marketing goods; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken from the line i i of Fig. 3; Fig.5 is a fragmentary sectionalview taken from the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view 7 of the slide rail structure supporting the hooded tray of my means for marketing goods; Fig. 7 is a fragmentaryplan view taken from the line l'! of Fig. 6-and Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken from the line ii'-,-8 of Fig. 5. V I Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings. 7 The conveyor frame I, conveyor cable 2, sheaves 3 and reversible motor 5, limit switches t and i, rail bearing plate 8, slide plate 9, slide plate tracks i0 and H, tray [2, hood l3, tray extension i l, hood weather strip 15, bearing plate swivel bolt i6, curtain ll, and microphone l8, constitute the principal parts and portions of my 3 means for marketing goods. h The conveyor frame 5 is preferably constructed of standard galvanized pipe, or other similar material of non-corrosive character, and a plurality of these conveyor frames designated I are arranged as shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawings, wherein the inner ends thereof are disposed in adjacent, almost contiguous relationship to each 7 other, while theouter ends are sufficiently spaced to permit the disposition of a vehicle, as illustrated by dashlines A, adjacent thereto, perm-i tting a clerk to serve :the inner ends of the conveyors by loading the hooded trays which are a aa elm ive .outw r l on the radially disposed conveyor frames 1 to the vehicles, all as shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawings. As shown in Figs. 3 to of the drawings, each conveyor frame I is provided with opposed side rails la, preferably made of standard galvanized pipe, and these rails la are supported on vertical standards lb, having the lower ends embedded in concrete or other suitable material, for maintaining the same inpropermpright position. -Engaging the rails la=are.the bearing'sleeves 8a and 8b of the rail bearing plate 8. Positioned in a slotted portion at the upper side of each of these sleeves is a ball 80, arranged to roll on the upper surface of the respective rail la. Each of -these bearing sleeves is provided with a plate 801, having aJoearing plate swivel bolt It in connection therewith operating in an arcuate slot flciin .therhearing plate 8, to provide acute angular adjustment. of the tray I2 on a vertical axis in order to accommodate misalignment of the side walls of motor --vehicles=parking adjacentgthe conveyor frames l, as shown in Fig. 1 -of't-he-"drawings. Theslide plate is slidably mounted in the channel-shaped slide-rail tracks Wand! l, '-laterally of the axis of'the ccnveyor' framefllyasshownjin Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, and it-will=benotedthat-the slide plate tracksfltandi lare fixed tothebearing plate' 8,-all as's-hown in-detail in Fig. 4 ofthe -draw-ings. fiixedto'theupper side'of the slide plate his the tray fi havingthe hood [3 suppcrtedthereon. This-hood! is a-box-like structure open at oneside; and" having the resilient wea-therstrip -l iextendi-ng outwardlyfrom the edge at the-open side of 7 said hood, alias shown best in Figs. 3 and 5 of the' drawings. :The open' side-of the hood -i 3 'is provided with a rolled blind -i?,--Which-maybe extended to enclose said open side =of the' hood i 3 during adverse weather conditions. *The-tray -extension M'is slidable within "the-tray-i2, --and the opposite 'edgesifla thereof ease retainedby inwardly-extending downwardly disposededges i 311*"01" the hood 13, "all as shown "Ebest 'in FigHi-of=-the-drawings Thus,- the tray tension -I his" adapted to be" extended --intothe vwindow of a -1notor--=vehicle;*while'the-weather 'etrip i a-isengaged in surrounding relation with -the ver-iicle:windowframe; which engagement is accoinplishedby' laterallysliding the tray [2 relative to-theaxis'ofthe conveyor frame I by move- "lflellll of the slide-plate?) in-the 'slideplate tracks it and ii. Secured to the slideplatetracks l0 and i i are opposite ends 20; and 2b,-respectively, of-the cable 2,-=whi'ch-=extends" over-the" sheave 3 at one end of the conveyor frame I ;-and over the sheave d at the *opposite end -of the conveyor f-rame' I. The-sheave 1 is'posi-tioned'on the shaft "of the reversible-motonfi; controlled by thelimit switches 6 and I; and the switch Main connection with the microphone l8.

The operation 4 'of 1 my---means for marketing -goods-'-is-=substantiallyas followsr- When a customer in a vehicle,-as-illustrated-by dashylines in I Fig." '1 1 ofthedrawings'; wishes to :purchase goods from' the counter -'B of the retail establishi bearing platesWivel-bolts 'l 6. "the-goodsfro1n-the 'tray 12 inwardly of the hood 4 completely enclosing the goods from the elements. The clerk at the counter B then presses the switch 5a in connection with the motor 5, which is a reversible motor, causing the sheave i to move the cable 2, passing the same over the sheave 3, and conveying the tray l2 outwardly to a position at which it engages the limit switch I,

substantially coinciding with the locat' n of the automobile, ,as. mdicated,by,,dash,1ines,M

:' tray [2 reachestthe limit switch I,;it;.stops opera i tion of the motor 5, and the customer and occuv, pant of the vehicle A, simply reaches out and draws the tray i2 toward the window frame of the vehicle- A -by sliding the slide plate 9. in the slideplate-tracks l0 and H, as indicated in Fig.

1 of the drawings. The weather strip I5 is inti- ..-mately.engagedrwith the outer side of the vehicle b o dy,surrounding the window frame thereof, and acute angular relationship of the vehicle body relative to the conveyor frame i is compensated *fer by-movement -ofthe railbearing plate 8'- at the'-arcuate slotted portions-8e therein, about ,the In order to remove i 3, fthe -trayextension- M is slidably moved out- "wardly of thehoodl3, and extended beyond the -=outer-edge of the tray lz which places the articlesoriginally disposed-under the hood [3 totally 'tvit-hin the bcdy-of the vehicleyA; as indicated by Ifflzhk --n1anner -thetray extension i4 aifords the ulti- 'dash' lines A -in-Fig.-- 1 of the-drawings.

matecenvenience in-removingtlie goods from the tray conveyed on the track frame Ito the purchaser.

Thoughhaveshown anddescribed a particu- ---lar--construction;combination and arrangement --oi-parts-and pertionsJ-do not wish to be limited to -this particularconstruction,- combination and struction; combinationand arrangement substantiallyasset forth the appended claims.

arrangement of parts and portions, but desire to include; in the-scope of-my invention the con- Havingthus;described my invention, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

'19in-a--meansofthe class described, a con- -veyor,- a tray-movable longitudinally of said conveyor; means; for moving said tray on said conveyor, .said tray. being slidable laterally of the ,.2. Ina means.-of..;the. class vdescribed, a conveyor. atraymovablelongitudinally of said conveyor, means for moving said tray on said con- .veyorr. said rtray; being slidable laterallyof the axis -of---saideonveyor said tray provided with a r-hcodzathereover,aenclosed on three sides and the ..l 9P;.;;Wea-ther stripping of resilient; material surreunding;theopenside of said hood, a-tray exten- :;sion :inoyabl 'iwithin sea-id hooded tray. and g5 a .d.%pt d;.It-0 extend;intoqtheinterior ofa motor vehicle body through the window thereof.

3;::In-:aa-.means.of athe: classxdescribed, a con- .veyor, a.:tray-.movable longitudinally of said con- .veyor means for movingsaid trayon said con- .veyoiyemeans for laterally sliding said-tray relaitive-to the-axis of said conveyor, said tray sliding comprising interfltting channel tracks,

means-for pivotingsaid tray about a vertical axis, said tray having an enclosed hood ,thereover, open cn--ones1de, a--movable closure for the open 5 side of said hood, adapted to enclose the same during adverse weather conditions.

4. In a means of the class described, a conveyor, a tray movable longitudinally of said conveyor, means for moving said tray on said conveyor, means for laterally sliding said tray relative to the axis of said conveyor, said tray being pivoted about a vertical axis, said tray having an enclosed hood thereover, open on one side, a curtain for the open side of said hood, adapted to enclose the same during adverse weather conditions, a tray extension slidably mounted within said hooded tray and extendable beyond said curtain and said tray.

5. In a means of the class described, a conveyor, a tray movable longitudinally of said conveyor, means for moving said tray on said conveyor, said tray slidable laterally of the axis of said conveyor, said tray provided with a hood thereover enclosed on three sides and the top, and Weatherstripping of resilient material sur- 5 rounding the open side of said hood at its edge portion.

KENNETH C'. PURDY.

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